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Elliott Coates

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Writer, photographer, musician, hockey coach, traveler, chronic pain; fan of birds, esoteric books, Dada, Toronto sports. Canadian expat in VA. 2021 SAIC Writing Fellow. First poetry collection, “Day 3 of a 5 Day Headache” (2nd ed.) sold out.

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Writing Is Dying. Does It Matter? Notes toward defending a besieged, sacred art

By my friend Dustin. open.substack.com/pub/onwritin...

10.03.2026 15:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

You're not going to make any money doing this and no one is going to read it, so you must hope for a secret third thing to happen

09.03.2026 17:56 👍 723 🔁 131 💬 27 📌 74

The biggest rush in the world is seeing that you’ve been outbid for something moronic you bid on while drunken eBaying. Thank Christ I don’t have to pay for that beer tap handle for a home pub (that I don’t have) in the shape of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Exhilaration! Congrats on the win, homepubguy1975!

10.03.2026 01:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Elliott with a Carlsberg.

Elliott with a Carlsberg.

A Carlsberg in a wine glass.

A Carlsberg in a wine glass.

Putting a Carlsberg in a wine glass makes (1) it fancy, and (2) you fancy. I don’t make the rules.

09.03.2026 22:50 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Good riddance.

07.03.2026 14:25 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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#TradeDeadline How does anyone in the Leafs org still have a job?

06.03.2026 20:10 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I hate the fucking Maple Leafs.

06.03.2026 20:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Never has a team held their fans in such disdain.

06.03.2026 19:43 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
White text on a black background, “America I love you but you’re freaking me out.” A song by the Menzingers.

White text on a black background, “America I love you but you’re freaking me out.” A song by the Menzingers.

03.01.2026 14:46 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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a man wearing sunglasses and a green shirt is standing in front of a shelf with a box that says new balance on it ALT: a man wearing sunglasses and a green shirt is standing in front of a shelf with a box that says new balance on it
05.03.2026 16:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I will happily ghostwrite this memoir for you.

04.03.2026 20:09 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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an album cover for mellon collie and the infinite badness ALT: an album cover for mellon collie and the infinite badness

Mellon Collie is our generation’s White Album, and I’m willing to die on that hill.

04.03.2026 20:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

This is getting WILD.

04.03.2026 16:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It’s 9:03a and I’m out here in the world losing friends! Let’s go!

04.03.2026 14:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

How cool! As a Leafs fan, love seeing the little girl wearing the Leafs jersey in the middle. 😂♥️

02.03.2026 22:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I had never internalized this awful truth. I weep for us.

02.03.2026 16:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Botticelli just hits different.

02.03.2026 02:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Remains true.

27.02.2026 22:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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27.02.2026 18:52 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Is this how you feel right now?

27.02.2026 17:01 👍 20 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It’s the excellent hockey takes. Certified puck knower ™️.

26.02.2026 13:28 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

WeLcOmE tO SaNdWiCh HeAvEn! (And yeah the cars are huge, eh?)

25.02.2026 15:44 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

British people HATE foxes.

25.02.2026 13:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hell yeah.

24.02.2026 15:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A snowy street.

A snowy street.

This snow is just the universe weeping for Team Canada. 🇨🇦

22.02.2026 23:41 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

If you don’t have a master’s degree, customers don’t have to tip.

21.02.2026 17:19 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Seconded. Agree on both point one (cool!) and point two ($75 is wild for a t-shirt) of your thesis.

21.02.2026 14:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Without any context whatsoever, I’m gonna guess:
Wayne Gretzky.

21.02.2026 01:37 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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CANADA IS GOING TO THE GOLD MEDAL GAME! 🇨🇦 🥇

CANADA COMES BACK TO BEAT FINLAND!

#MilanoCortina2026

20.02.2026 18:14 👍 142 🔁 37 💬 5 📌 12

This animal speaks to me.

19.02.2026 17:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0